Press release from freesat 27/07/09:
ON YOUR MARKS… GET SET… GO!
Introducing IAAF World Athletics Championship in HD on Freesat
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Reach for your running shoes and sprint to the sofa, because this year’s World Championships in Athletics is coming to Freesat in high definition and subscription free. From Saturday 15th to Sunday 23rd August, the 12th IAAF World [...]
Press release from freesat 27/07/09:
HIT THE RIGHT NOTES WITH THE PROMS ON BBC HD ON FREESAT
The symphonies, concertos, overtures and fugues of this year’s Proms will be better than ever this year with Freesat bringing viewers this unique summer event in glorious high definition on BBC HD. From the First Night of the Proms on [...]
On American Independence Day, Saturday 4th July Freesat will bring viewers the prestigious BET Awards 2009 in brilliant high-definition (HD) – a UK exclusive for the subscription-free digital satellite TV service.
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Held in Los Angeles on Sunday 28th June, this year’s BET Awards are hosted by Oscar winner Jamie Foxx and will feature performances from Hollywood [...]
Emma Scott, Managing Director of the subscription-free digital satellite television service Freesat, took the top prize in the media category at last night’s First Women Awards, held at the Marriott Hotel in London.
The annual awards, founded in 2004 by the CBI and Real Business magazine, celebrate the achievements of women who are trailblazers and pioneers [...]
Freesat has won the ‘Best New Brand or Business’ category at the Marketing Society Awards for Excellence, beating off competition which included Innocent and the BBC’s iPlayer service.
The award reflects the great strides Freesat has made in only its first year, exceeding 400,000 sales and offering viewers over 140 digital television and radio channels, including [...]
freesat have announced that Talksport Radio will be joining the freesat (EPG) Electronic Programme Guide next Tuesday 19th May on channel number 731
Talksport is the UK’s largest commercial radio station, broadcasting sports phone-ins and discussions, live sports commentary, and lively phone-in discussions. Talksport is the UK’s only national commercial speech radio station and is home [...]
freesat has today reached its first birthday , the service has grown from when it was launched back in May 2008 from 80 channels to well over 140 channels today.
One of the main attractions has been subscription free high definition of BBC HD and ITV HD which still remains a freesat exclusive red button channel.
Freesat [...]
Freesat have today announced that NHK World TV will be joining freesat Tuesday 21st April. NHK World TV provides English language news, analysis and culture from a Japanese and Asian perspective to over 80 countries around the globe. NHK World TV is the international channel of Japan’s national broadcaster NHK.
Emma Scott, Managing Director of Freesat [...]
Press Release from: Emma Scott at freesat
freesat subscription free offer proving popular in current economic climate
Increasing popularity of High Definition (HD) a key driver
Launch of freesat+ and a pre Christmas marketing campaign saw strongest ever sales in December
By the end of 2008 freesat had achieved over 200,000 sales since its launch in May 2008. Having [...]
freesat has today 4th November unveiled its largest advertising campaign to date, launching 4th November, which will highlight the satellite TV service’s subscription-free high-definition (HD) offer and run across national newspapers, supplements, TV listings publications, commuter press and a wide range of digital media.
The campaign centres around viewers’ emotional responses to watching their favourite programmes [...]